The Beguiled is a Freudian mood piece from the team of actor Clint Eastwood and director Don Siegel. Eastwood plays Corp. John McBurney, a wounded Union soldier during the Civil War, who takes refuge in a prim-and-proper Southern girl's school run by Martha Farnsworth (Geraldine Page). Chauvinistic, ...more
MPAA Rating: R | Year: 1970 | Running Time: 105 minutes
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One of the few interesting attempts to mix the Western and horror genres, this Civil War Gothic was directed by action specialist Don Siegel (Dirty Harry). Clint Eastwood stars as a wounded Yankee soldier who seeks refuge in an all-girl's school in the South. The tension gets pretty thick as the girls want him to stay as their sex-toy, and headmistress Geraldine Page hacks off his leg in a gruesome amputation sequence. It's not a typical Eastwood movie, but fans of atmospheric chills should seek ...more
- Clint Eastwood - Corp. John McBurney
- Geraldine Page - Martha Farnsworth
- Elizabeth Hartman - Edwina Dabney
- Jo Ann Harris - Carol
- Darlene Carr - Doris
- Charlie Briggs - Soldier
- Pat Culliton - Soldier
- Melody Thomas - Abigail
- Buddy Van Horn - Soldier
- Matt Clark - Soldier
- Pattye Mattick - Janie
- Peggy Drier - Lizzie
- George Dunn - Soldier
- Pamelyn Ferdin - Amy
- Don Siegel - Director
- Don Siegel - Producer
- Irene Kamp - Screenwriter
- Albert Maltz - Screenwriter
- John B. Sherry - Screenwriter
- Grimes Grice - Screenwriter
- Thomas Cullinan - Book Author
- Alexander Golitzen - Art Director
- Helen Colvig - Costume Designer
- Joe Cavalier - Second Unit Director
- Carl Pingitore - Editor
- Lalo Schifrin - Composer (Music Score)
- Bud Westmore - Makeup
- Ted Haworth - Production Designer











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